Coastal Community Teams Economic Plan Key
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COASTAL COMMUNITY TEAMS ECONOMIC PLAN KEY INFORMATION 1 Name of CCT East Cleveland Coast 2 Single Point of Contact (SPOC) Name Andrew Richardson (Temp until team structure agreed) Address Redcar and Cleveland House Kirkleatham Street Redcar Yorkshire TS10 1RT Tel no. 01642 (44)4323/07584 703079 Email [email protected] 3 (a) Current CCT Membership The following individuals are members of the interim CCT, as of 23 February 2016 Name Position Alison Atkinson Loftus Accord Barry Hunt RCBC Councillor Cliff Foggo RCBC Councillor David Castor Local resident David Walsh RCBC Councillor Iain Graham Local business Janette Holt Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum John Lambert Saltburn, Marske & New Marske PC 1 John Stockwell BIG Local M Hodgson Loftus Town Council M J Barnes Neighbourhood Watch Marguerite Benson Liverton Village Hall Marshall Best Loftus Accord Philip Thomson RCBC Councillor Terry Cox CPRE Wayne Davies RCBC 3 (b) Others to be involved in CCT Membership Organisation/Group Following the inaugural meeting of the interim CCT, the three Town/Parish Councils in the area have agreed to convene to consider the level of support that can be offered to the Team. These are: Loftus Town Council; Skelton & Brotton Parish Council; Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council. They will be working with the interim CCT to develop a membership and implementation plan in order to carry forward the aims of the Economic Plan. This will include a detailed community engagement strategy. 4 Accountable Body Local Authority Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Contact Jo Fearey Address Loftus Library, Hall Grounds, Loftus, Saltburn-by- the-Sea TS13 4HJ Tel 07909 906312 /01287 284271 email [email protected] Does the Accountable Body have a representative on the CCT membership? YES 2 5 Local Area The East Cleveland Coast (EC)C CCT area broadly comprises the wards of St Germain’s, Longbeck, Saltburn, Skelton, Brotton and Loftus; bordering Redcar town centre to the North and Staithes and the North Yorkshire Coast to the South. The area is part of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Heritage Coast1 which stretches southwards from Saltburn down to Scalby Mills near Scarborough. A small part of the eastern area of the EC is within the North York Moors National Park and the area is home to valued moor, ancient woodlands and has numerous coastal sites of ecological, geological and historical significance. The area also includes East Cleveland Living Landscape Programme2. Consequently the coastline benefits from an excellent natural environment and numerous historical, natural and industrial heritage sites, many of which can be overlooked by those outside of EC’s communities. This includes sites such as Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum3; a site thought to be the only known Anglo-Saxon royal burial site in North East England, near Loftus4; the popular Victorian seaside town of Saltburn which has around 1m visitors per year and the small sea-side towns of Marske-by-the Sea and Skinningrove, as well as Brotton, Loftus and the town of Skelton which is home to Skelton Castle. The area contains some excellent walking routes including a National Trail, the Cleveland Way5 parts of which have recently been confirmed as part of the route of the England Coast Path), which stretches through the length of EC and the Saltburn to Warsett Hill walk which was identified by one of the best coastal walks by the National Trust6. 1 http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/discover/coast 2 http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/living-landscape/schemes/east-cleveland-living-landscape 3 http://ironstonemuseum.co.uk/ 4 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7104498.stm 5 http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/cleveland-way 6 http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/coastal-walks 3 The area also has particular potential to benefit from its proximity to the North York Moors National Park and popular tourist destinations on the North Yorkshire Coast, including Whitby and Staithes. The EC coastal area covers an area of 7,860 hectares with a usual resident population of 39,970. This equates to around 5.1 residents per hectare across the area, a proportion marginally lower than the Redcar & Cleveland Borough average (5.5) and marginally higher than the national averages of 4.1 residents per hectare. However, this disguises notable ranges in population density across the six wards of EC. For example, Saltburn ward is particularly densely populated with 19.4 residents per hectare whereas the largely rural Loftus ward has only 1.6 residents per hectare. This illustrates the diversity of the coastal area from a largely urban town to a sparsely populated rural hinterland. Transport infrastructure is a challenge for some of the more rural areas of EC such as Loftus in the south, where almost a third of households (32%) have no access to a car or van and with no passenger rail services available south of Saltburn. 6 Context – community EC has an older age profile than the national average with a median age of 44 in East Cleveland, 5 years above the average for England. The largest gap between East Cleveland and the national average is at the 65 years and over band which accounts for around one in five or 20% of residents in East Cleveland and 16% across England. The median age differs between the six wards within EC with St Germain’s having the oldest average age at 49, Saltburn the second oldest at 46 and Brotton the youngest at 40. Therefore while EC is often recognised as a common area, the wards and local areas that comprise it have their own characteristics, challenges and opportunities alongside those that are shared between them. Recognition of this is embedded throughout this Economic Plan. While lower than the Redcar & Cleveland average, levels of deprivation are marginally higher in the East Cleveland area than across England as a whole, with 59% of all households experiencing deprivation in one or more dimension compared to a national average of 57%. Levels of deprivation can differ quite significantly between EC wards with 68% of households in Loftus deprived in one or more dimension compared to a low of 49% in Longbeck. The area has an increasingly active and vibrant community sector within its towns and villages with a range of community assets, organisations and activists seeking to provide services and opportunities, inform policy and practice and attract additional resources to enhance the sustainability of the area and its communities. For 4 example, the area is to benefit from a £1m Big Local Project covering 11 EC villages; a community-led project in Skelton has secured Round 1 approval for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as part of a c.£1.5m Townscape Heritage project to preserve and improve the areas heritage and improve the public realm; and the community in Loftus is also seeking to secure HLF funding for Townscape Heritage funding for the village centre. Health related data from the 2001 Census shows that around three quarters of residents (77%) are classified as having very good or good health, a level broadly in- line with the Borough average (76%) but lower than that found nationally (81%). Further analysis of health related data shows that the proportion of the working age population of EC with health conditions that limit their day to day activities a lot is higher than the national average. Qualification levels among EC residents are lower than national averages, but marginally higher than those across Redcar and Cleveland Borough. Around 56% of over 16 year olds in the area have no or low level qualifications compared to 51% across England. Again this disguises notable differences across the six EC wards with residents of Longbeck and Saltburn more highly qualified (25% and 33% of residents with higher level qualifications respectively) while Loftus is the ward with the highest proportion of residents with no qualifications (35% compared to 26% across East Cleveland and 22% nationally). This further shows the significant differences between the communities that comprise the EC area. 7 Context – economy The area has a strong history of mining and industry, although these sectors have suffered over recent years, with recent predictions of job losses at Cleveland Potash in Boulby being a particular concern for East Cleveland alongside job losses related to the steel industry across Redcar & Cleveland. Economic activity levels in EC are 6.7% lower than national averages and marginally lower than those across Redcar & Cleveland as a whole. Analysis of the data shows that this is largely due to low levels of employment (55.4% in East Cleveland compared to 62.1% nationally) and higher levels of retired (21.2% and 13.7% respectively) and long-term sick or disabled (5.6% compared with 4.0%) working age residents in EC. More detailed analysis of the economically active shows that the area has a notably different profile than national averages, with: Lower levels of full-time employment and higher levels of part-time employment; Lower levels of self-employment; Higher levels of unemployment; and 5 Lower levels of students. Claimant counts7 are another way to show economic participation among residents of an area. Data from November 2015 shows that 730 residents in East Cleveland are either claiming Job Seekers Alliance (JSA) or are out of work and claiming Universal Credit. This results in a claimant rate of 3.0% compared to the national average of 1.7%. Wages for residents of Redcar and Cleveland are below the national average. Data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings shows that average earnings of Redcar & Cleveland residents are £505.50 gross pay per week, £27.10 or 5% lower than the national average.